{"id":31264,"date":"2024-01-24T19:31:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=31264"},"modified":"2024-01-24T19:31:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T03:31:24","slug":"biden-endorsements-on-the-line-as-outrage-over-gaza-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/01\/24\/biden-endorsements-on-the-line-as-outrage-over-gaza-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Endorsements on the Line as Outrage Over Gaza Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A demonstrator holds a sign that says “Biden’s reelection strategy: WWIII” while marching from the U.S. Embassy to the Israeli Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal on January 14, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Horacio Villalobos\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You need to listen,” said the head of one group that revoked a primary endorsement. “Because we are the ones who will go out and knock on doors, we are the ones who will do phone banks for swing states.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JESSICA CORBETT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 23, 2024 (CpmmonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. President Joe Biden’s refusal to do all he can to stop Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip has consequences for not only Palestinian civilians in the besieged enclave but also this year’s presidential contest in which the Democrat is seeking reelection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple polls<\/a> over the past couple of months have shown<\/a> Biden’s approval rating at all-time lows, partly related<\/a> to how he has handled Israel killing<\/a> nearly 25,500 people in Gaza\u2014as of Tuesday\u2014in response to the Hamas-led attack on October 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden last month called out Israel’s “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza and said<\/a> that “I want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives,” but he has also bypassed<\/a> Congress to arm Israeli forces while asking lawmakers for a $14.3 billion package on top of the United States’ $3.8 billion in annual military aid to its Middle East ally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president isn’t on New Hampshire’s Tuesday primary ballot because of a fight between state leaders and the Democratic National Committee, but some Biden supporters are calling on voters to write in his name. Critics of U.S. support for Israel’s assault on Gaza are urging voters to send him a message by writing in<\/a> “cease-fire.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Hampshire Democratic delegates are already pledged to Biden while voters are being urged to write in his name. But Dems in the state who want Biden to help end the genocide in Gaza are urging voters to write in "ceasefire" instead. https:\/\/t.co\/fcXW2JRgNb<\/a><\/p>— Francesca Fiorentini (@franifio) January 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>